Brief Life History of Whitfield
When Whitfield Tucker was born in 1766, in Virginia, United States, his father, Matthew W Tucker, was 40 and his mother, Lucretia Childers, was 41. He married Elizabeth Darden on 5 December 1804, in Warren, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 20 December 1839, in Morgan, Georgia, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Morgan, Georgia, United States.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Whitfield Tucker - Published information: Family Bible: birth-name: Whitfield Tucker
- Whitfield Tucker, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- Whitfield Tucker, "Find A Grave Index"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
English (southwestern): occupational name from Middle English tuker(e), toker(e) ‘tucker, fuller’, a derivative of tuken ‘to torment, beat’ (Old English tūcian), for someone who fulled and finished cloth. This name for the occupation was characteristic of the West Country. Compare Fuller and Walker and see also Tuckerman .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tuachair ‘descendant of Tuachar’, a personal name composed of the elements tuath ‘people’ + car ‘dear, beloved’.
Americanized form of Jewish Tocker or Toker (see Tokarz ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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